What Are You Listening To?

[jazzboCR]

from my library (vinyl)



Taking me back once again to the 30's and 40's. Wait, I wasn't here yet, so I can't be going back. Maybe in my dads
head. I've always loved this stuff. Swing music, big band, whatever you want to label it. The Andrews Sisters
(Laverne, Maxine, Patricia) discovered they could sing in the mid 30's when they won their first talent contest.
American Idols with Patti the youngest at age 12. First hit was the leadoff track here in 1937. Most well known has
to be Boogie Woggie Bugle Boy. Bette Midler redid that in 1972 to revive the awareness of the sisters. Peak years
were in the WWII era doing a lot of overseas tours for the troops. Seventy Five million records sold is not too
shabby. I love this music because something from 75 years ago even exists. I didn't.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Ti-Pi-Tin

Best Track - Rum And Coca-Cola

If you ever go down Trinidad
They make you feel so very glad
Calypso sing and make up rhyme
Guarantee you one real good fine time

Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar

Oh, beat it man, beat it

Since the Yankee come to Trinidad
They got the young girls all goin' mad
Young girls say they treat 'em nice
Make Trinidad like paradise

Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar

Oh, you vex me, you vex me

From Chicachicaree to Mona's Isle
Native girls all dance and smile
Help soldier celebrate his leave
Make every day like New Year's Eve

Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar

It's a fact, man, it's a fact

In old Trinidad, I also fear
The situation is mighty queer
Like the Yankee girl, the native swoon
When she hear der Bingo croon

Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar

Out on Manzanella Beach
G.I. romance with native peach
All night long, make tropic love
Next day, sit in hot sun and cool off

Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar

It's a fact, man, it's a fact

Rum and Coca-Cola
Rum and Coca-Cola
Workin' for the Yankee dollar

1) Bei Mir Bist Du Schon **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swPn8E644sA
2) Beer Barrel Polka ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrDSMBJ7AAc
3) Sonny Boy **
4) Rum And Coca-Cola ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxL2uNr7bk
5) Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPJZTRqQ1Xw
6) Hold Tight **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSpTwzOs-E8
7) Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZv6hL6aYfQ
8) Joseph! Joseph! ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18FYH6xhBpA
9) I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT--UZAHq9E
10) Pennsylvania Polka ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92rmDlhgPqk
11) Strip Polka ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyILRoOhvyQ
12) I Can Dream, Can't I? ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pto68TqHxKg
13) South American Way **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB_FkB3w9pA
14) Rhumboogie **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ3AX5cGTds
15) Say Si Si ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnRKyRJtjCY
16) Tico-Tico **
17) I Wanna Be Loved ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rjO0eGeWME
18) There Will Never Be Another You ***
19) Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NQRl24stKk&feature=fvst
20) Yes, My Darling Daughter **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed0zhM7SoeU
21) Ti-Pi-Tin **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQc3panQmY0
22) Oh! Ma-Ma! **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGxUj_OSuh4
23) Well All Right ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlgTV7IAFec
24) Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny Oh! **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuactAjlacM

3's - 13
2's - 11
1's - 0

Grade - 2.5

so many albums, so little time

There's got to be a word for feeling nostalgic for a time you couldn't have known first-hand. I don't know what it is but I suffer it too.